More London Adventures

 On Sunday morning we headed to Covent Gardens, which is only a short walk from our hotel, for brunch at The Ivy.  It was lovely.

On our way back to the hotel we passed some beautiful gardens and the Horse Guards for Buckingham Palace.  We also encountered a very nice Palace Guard who took a photo with us.

There was a chess tournament going on at Trafalgar Square with quite a few participants.

We took Natalie to the airport and passed through Picadilly Circle on our way.

We had dinner Sunday night in Covent Gardens before seeing Lindsey onto the train headed home.  We are staying one more night to enjoy the hotel and hit a few more stops before we head back to Bury St Edmunds.

Lindsey enjoying some of the hotel amenities!

On Monday morning we headed to The Churchill War Rooms - very interesting if you like Churchill at all.

The Cabinet Room

The flag that draped Churchill’s coffin

A sample room - those who worked here stayed here 24/7.

Original door of #10 Downing Street

Churchill’s bedroom/study - where most of his BBC broadcasts were made from.

Electrical Room for all this area - they couldn’t afford to lose power.

Churchill as a young lad

The Map Room

The Typist Pool

The Enigma Encoding machine

This room housed a private phone line to the US President.

Our last adventure of the day was The National Gallery - a beautiful building with lots of old and rare art.  The building itself is amazing!

The National Gallery is the huge building with the red banners.

Mosaic tile floors

Van Gough’s Sunflowers

Here are a few last pictures from around London.

Changing of the Horse Guards

The blue/gray building is #10 Downing Street - home of the Prime Minister.

Our wonderful hotel - Trafalgar St. James - delightful in every way!